Separating device.



PATBNTED MAR. 2o, 1906-.

D. K. SWARTWOUT. SEPARATING DEVICE.

.APPLICATION FILED APR.4, 1905.

.,Lzveon l rar-nur ,DENTON'K ISWARTWOUT, or CLEVELAND, OHIO.

I .SSEPABATING DEVICE.

ivo. 815,656.v I'

I lspecification of Letters Patent. Application filed April 4, 1905. Serial No. 253,908.

lsatented March 20,1906.,

.To all whom t may concern:

Be itknown that I, DENTON K. SWART- WOUT, acitizen of the United States, residin at Cleveland, in thecounty of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Separating Devices, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, lreference being had to the accompanying drawings.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved form of separating devices for use in separating the heavy articles froma gaseous or vaporousl draft an is an improvement upon a device having similar 'objects patented by me August 16, 1904, No. 767,721.

The device which I have constructed may serve as a spark-arrester, as a dust-collector for removing dust from air-currents, or asa y steam-separator for removing the condensed moisture from steam, and for other similar and analogous uses.

One of the most important features to be considered in the design of devices of this character is the practicability of their vconstruction, and this feature, in addition to the one of increased efficiency, is particularly /claimed for the embodiment of my invention herein disclosed and described.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical cross-section through a preferred form of my separator. Fig. 2 is a side elevationl of the same. Fig. 3 is across-section taken 0n the line 3 3 of Fig. 1 looking upward. Fig. 4 is a cross-section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2, showing the parts merely at .the plane of the section.

In the figures, A represents a cylinder, to one end of whichis secured the bowl-shaped cap-piece B. Upon the interior of the tube A are a suitable number-in the present instance two-of sigmoidal webs C C:` At the exit end of the tube is a cone-shaped deflector D, spaced somewhat from said tube by supports D. The bowl B is provided with anoutlet-orifice, preferably in ,alinement with the exit of the tube A and the defleeting-cone D, and surrounded by an inturned flange Bf. At one side of the bowl is a suitable opening-B2, through which heavier particles separated from .the vapor may be taken off. l

The bowl B may be secured to the tube A by screw-threads or any other suitable means.

l The cone-shaped deilector D is referably riveted to its supporting means, w ch are in vturn riveted or bolted to the tube A.

which has demonstrated it to beA very effi-A cient.

It will be seen that as the vapors laden with the heavy particles pass through the tube they will be given a gyratory motion by the webs C, .but will not'be retarded mate-\ rially lby them. Upon striking the, coneD the current will. be divided and deflected against the side Walls of the bowlB and As they approach the outlet-orifice they will again b'e deflected downward by the flange B.

The complex currents produced by this structure will have many eddies which will allow the particles to settle therefrom, and

' guided thereby upward and backward toy `ward the central outlet-orifice.

by the continuous and irregular alteration of their direction the'vapors will flow against a number of deflecting surfaces, and the heavier particles impinging against the same will be arrested thereby and be separated out from the vapors. f

Having described my invention, I claim-l 1. A separating device comprising a conducting-tube having securely attached therein sigmoidalwebs so placed that their edges approximate each other toward the center of the tube in such manner as to leave a narrow open slit therebetween.

2.' A lseparating device comprising a conducting-tube having securely attached to the inner walls thereofwebs' so placed that their edges approximate each other toward the center of the tube in such manner as to leave' a narrow slit-therebetween, and a deflector' ICO end of the tube and the defiector and pro'- wardly and outwardly to an end wall which vided with an opening in practical alinernent returns inwardly and is provided at its cen- With the deflector and the outlet Jfor the tube. tral portion with an outlet-orifice surrounded 4. A separating device comprising a tube by an internally-directed Harige.

5 provided with webs secured to the side there- In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my 15 of and approaching each other at the center, signature in the presence of two witnesses. a conical deector secured above the end of DENTON K. SWARTWOUT. the tube, and a cap also secured to the end of Witnesses: the tube and surrounding the defiector and ALBERT H. BATES,

1o provided with side walls which curve up- N. L. BRESNAN. 

